Tart-cutter



(No Model.)

M. O. NASH.

TART BUTTER.

No. 388,904 Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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MARY O. NASH, OF ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,904, datedSeptember 4, 1888.

Application filed May 5, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY O. NASH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Abington, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TartCutters; and [do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription oi the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereou,which form a partofthis specification.

Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 alongitudinal section, of a tartcutter made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 4 is a top view of the disk cut by the cutter E. Fig. 5 is atop view of the an nulns cut by the cutters G and D. Fig. 6 is a sectionof the disk and annulus as applied to each other.

The nature of my invention is defined in the claim hereinafterpresented.

In the drawings, A denotes the tart-cutter, which is composed of ahandle, B, and three circular cutters, C D E, constructed, arranged, andconnected to each other and to the said handle and having in their topsventholes a, as shown. "The cutters D and E are of like diameter onewith the other and are attached to each other by a connection, I), astandard, 0, extending from said connection up to the handle B. Thecutter O is arranged within Serial No. 272,926. (No mode1.l

and concentric with the cutter D and is of a diameter corresponding tothat of the chamber in the tart which is to receive the jam or jelly.The cutting-edges of said cutters are arranged in the same plane, asrepresented.

In using this implement it is to be grasped by the handle and the edgesof the cutters pressed into and through a sheet of dough rolled to theproper thickness and arranged on a molding-board, table, or flatsurface, and on removing said cutter from the sheetof dough and shakingfrom it the pieces removed therefrom the disk or partsevered from thesheet by the cutter E will form the bottom or body of the tart, and theannulus formed by or between the cutters C and D will form the boundaryof the chamber which is to receive the jam, jelly, or preserve, allv asshown.

The implement hereinbefore described is very useful for the purpose forwhich it is intended.

What I claim as my invention is- The tart-cutter consisting of thecutters O, D, and E, the cutter 0 being within the cutter D and allthree in the same plane and provided with the handle B, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY O. NASH.

Witnesses:

WM. H. NASH, CHAS. A. BRoWNE.

